Post-install hang on 10.2.1 when accessing Administrator: endless "Please Wait"

[RaymondFlaming]

I have installed Server 10.2.1 on a Win 2012 server. Everything runs fine during installation. When accessing http://localhost:6080/arcgis/manager/, I am immediately greeted with an endless "Please Wait" dialogue. I do not get a dialogue for login name. Going to http://localhost:6080/arcgis/ shows a normal looking server window (albeit with no content).

This behavior is the same using fully qualified domains or ip addresses, using Chrome or IE, with firewall on or off, from an outside box or inside the server. It is also the same if I log in to the box as the arcgis user.  These are all the solutions I've found in other discussions.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

[DavidMuthami1]

Got this same error today 28/04/2014 while using AGS 10.2.2 on windows server 2012 R2. Tips from this forum helped me fix the issue but am afraid i had to use http://localhost:6080/arcgis/admin to join the machine to site. My steps were as follows. Removed all references. created a service account named "arcgis" in the AD Gave the account ulims\ArcGIS user rights on server used the domain account o install ArcGIS server. received the please wait.... hang screen. used admin to join the server to a site. See logs on the same. http://1drv.ms/1GCRITp Now it works.